So the other day I'm cleaning out all my car parts and tools from my ex-in law's garage (long story) and come across this guitar amp. They said it had belonged to one of their grandkids and didn't work anymore but I was welcome to take it, otherwise it was destined for the trash can.
Me being me, I took it, of course:
Brought it back to my place and plugged it in. The light came on. So far so good.
I went to plug in my 1/4" guitar cable. But what's this? The cable wouldn't insert all the way into the jack. Something was blocking it.
DIY time!
First I pulled out the four screws holding the electronics carriage:
Then I pulled out the carriage:
There was a plastic plate covering the jack's internals. So, next step was to remove it so we could get inside and take a look at what was blocking my cable:
What's all that junk doing in there? Looks like somebody shoved a bunch of random stuff in there:
So, time to extract the foreign objects:
Looked like a piece of plastic and a piece of metal:
Now the guitar cable fit just fine: Here's what it looks like when it's plugged in:
The final step was, of course, to test the amp with everything still in pieces just in case something else needed to be looked at. Fortunately in this case, the clogged jack was the only problem; the amp worked fine after that:
Okay, so the final final step once the amp was re-assembled was to rawk out a bit. Louder than ever before. (Okay, so it's cheap amp, but it's always fun
This provided me with about 20 minutes of amusement last night so I thought I'd share. Hope you enjoyed.
Me being me, I took it, of course:
Brought it back to my place and plugged it in. The light came on. So far so good.
I went to plug in my 1/4" guitar cable. But what's this? The cable wouldn't insert all the way into the jack. Something was blocking it.
DIY time!
First I pulled out the four screws holding the electronics carriage:
Then I pulled out the carriage:
There was a plastic plate covering the jack's internals. So, next step was to remove it so we could get inside and take a look at what was blocking my cable:
What's all that junk doing in there? Looks like somebody shoved a bunch of random stuff in there:
So, time to extract the foreign objects:
Looked like a piece of plastic and a piece of metal:
Now the guitar cable fit just fine: Here's what it looks like when it's plugged in:
The final step was, of course, to test the amp with everything still in pieces just in case something else needed to be looked at. Fortunately in this case, the clogged jack was the only problem; the amp worked fine after that:
Okay, so the final final step once the amp was re-assembled was to rawk out a bit. Louder than ever before. (Okay, so it's cheap amp, but it's always fun
This provided me with about 20 minutes of amusement last night so I thought I'd share. Hope you enjoyed.
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